LOCAL STORIES
Dover-Foxcroft, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- The prosecution and defense gave closing statements friday in the Michael Toby murder trial.
BANGOR, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Students from all over the state were in Bangor this morning to take part in a friendly competition.
AUGUSTA, Maine (NEWS CENTER)--As Maine's shellfish industry braces for what could be another bad outbreak of red tide this summer, the U-S House of Representatives, has passed legislation to address the problem.
HERMON, Maine (NEWS CENTER)--Federal officials say they'll hold a public hearing in Maine on the Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway's application to abandon about 240 miles of rail line in the northern third of the state.
PORTLAND, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- This year, visitors to the Portland Flower Show will be taking a walk on the wild side. The theme is "Gardens Gone Wild".
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- The parent company of Maine's second-largest electric utility has agreed to buy the company that owns the state's third-largest utility.
PROSPECT HARBOR, Maine (AP) -- Gov. John Baldacci is meeting with the top executive of Bumble Bee Foods to discuss potential future uses for the company's sardine cannery in eastern Maine that is slated to close next month.
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- Maine lawmakers are on the verge of enacting a law barring importation of firewood from other states.
CASTINE, Maine (NEWS CENTER) --The "State of Maine" is docked safely in Castine now, but what if it were targeted by pirates in more dangerous waters?
CLEARLAKE, Calif. (NEWS CENTER)- In California the Napa County Coroner's Office says 32-year-old Frank Maddox and his wife 40-year-old Yvette Maddox of Maine were apparently shot.
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- Maine's supreme court has upheld a state law that aims to speed up the permitting process for wind farms in Maine.
GORHAM, Maine (NEWS CENTER)-- Investigators say a fire that destroyed a house and barn in Gorham was an accident.
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- Thousands of Maine state employees are having a three-day weekend as most state offices close as part of a series of shutdown days to help balance the state budget.
AUGUSTA, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- This legislative session is the first one in Maine history in which the two top leadership positions - Senate President and Speaker of the House - are being held by women.
BANGOR, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- A former mayor of Bangor held a news conference Thursday outlining some of his ideas to restructure state government.
AUGUSTA, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- The legislature is considering a bill that would encourage the development of off-shore wind and tidal power.
OXFORD, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- The owner of an aviation company in Oxford County claims a dispute with the county is forcing him to lay off workers.
DOVER-FOXCROFT, Maine (NEWS CENTER) -- Michael Toby's murder trial continued Thursday.
AUGUSTA, Maine (AP) -- Maine's state budget prospects are looking a little better as the budget gap shrinks again. The gap between revenues and expenses -- pegged at $438 million a few weeks ago -- is now around $310 million.
ROCKLAND, Maine (AP) -- Jurors have been sent home for the day without reaching a verdict in the trial of a Maine lobsterman charged with shooting a fellow lobsterman in a feud over lobster traps.
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